Welcome new Members:
Smitty’s Café – a local favorite for the folks in Woodbury and surrounding communities. Delicious breakfast; daily lunch specials, plus good ole’ fried chicken, burgers, catfish and steaks. Open daily at 7:00 a.m.; closed on Sundays. Located at the end of Main Street and Highway 85 A (12456 Whitehouse Road, Woodbury. Call 706-553-5241 and welcome owner Rhonda Baker or email her at rbaker2003@yahoo.com
We also welcome JT’s Signs – and owner Victor Tuszynski. Victor’s business is located at 326 W. Main Street in Manchester (across from McDonald’s). Although signs is his primary business, Victor is one of those entrepreneurial types that does a little bit of everything, including vehicle graphics; banners; trophies; and custom decals. He also does commercial sign design and repair, offers bucket truck service for lighting and sign repair and he rents U-Haul vehicles. Give him a call the next time you have sign or other marketing needs at 706-741-1344 or email victorjtsigns@gmail.com
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“Meriwether White Springs LLC continues to move toward commercial production by year end. As a reminder to the community, the Spring is open to the public each Saturday from 8am to 5pm. You can fill your own container or get a 24 bottle pack. Please feel free to come and enjoy the beauty of the property and the wonders of the spring water. The address is 7490 Chipley Highway, Pine Mountain.”
Engineering Management, Inc. is seeking well qualified construction inspectors to oversee a variety of water, wastewater, and infrastructure type projects throughout the North Georgia area. Primary responsibilities include performing construction observation on pipelines, pumping facilities, and renovations to water and wastewater treatment facilities. Successful candidates will work closely with the design engineers, local government owners, funding agencies and construction contractor’s team. For more information visit Engineering Management, Inc. is seeking well qualified construction inspectors to oversee a variety of water, wastewater, and infrastructure type projects throughout the North Georgia area. Primary responsibilities include performing construction observation on pipelines, pumping facilities, and renovations to water and wastewater treatment facilities. Successful candidates will work closely with the design engineers, local government owners, funding agencies and construction contractor’s team. For more information visit http://www.eminc.biz/construction-inspector-position.html
Kim Kyst
Marketing Coordinator
Civil and Environmental Engineers
303 Swanson Drive
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
kkyst@eminc.biz
Office: 770-962-1387
Cell: 678-481-3759
New Year is an excellent time to sign your child up for preschool. The Lime Light is currently accepting students between 3 and 5 year olds who would like to start the NEW year off by making NEW friends and learning NEW things. For more information, contact Cyd Brantley, Ed.S by calling 706-846-LIME or emailing info@the-lime-light.com
With 2015 just around the corner, leaders in Meriwether County on Monday, December 15th had an opportunity to hear from our three local elected officials about expected priorities in the upcoming Legislative Session. On hand were Senator Josh McKoon; Representative Debbie Buckner and Representative-elect Bob Trammell, Jr. Organized by the Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce, the pre-legislative Town Hall was convened to create a forum for dialogue exchange and interaction.
As expected, transportation is likely to be one of the more prominent issues in the upcoming session with all three officials commenting about it. Noted was the failure of the T-SPLOST to pass in all but three regions in the state and the resulting shortfall in funding to support crumbling infrastructure on the state’s roadways as well as any new transportation funding. In the last few weeks a Joint Study Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Funding has been underway, a sixteen member committee charged with identifying new sources and methods of funding for critical transportation issues. Currently there is a $900 million shortfall for current road improvements and a $1.5 billion need for new construction. Several options have been discussed including redirecting the portion of the motor fuel tax that is now going to the general fund and dedicating that to the Department of Transportation. In addition there is expected to be conversation about increasing the motor fuel tax or adjusting the formula and creating a mechanism whereby counties could partner with one another to implement a modified regional T-SPLOST
On a very positive note, however, the officials talked about plans to support a $5 million bond funding package for the Warm Springs rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospitals (Georgia Regents Health) to enable service delivery and infrastructure improvements to bring the facility up to code and to add bed capacity by making some of the rooms private.
Representative Buckner noted her plans to work on an assessment study to evaluate the pay structure; healthcare benefits and retirement options related to both current state employees and retirees.
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2014 December 19
